Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
The gods are on the side of the stronger.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
The worst hatred is that of relatives.
The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.