Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.

Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.

The fortune of war is always doubtful.

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.

The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the other remembers eternally having received.