The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.