The gods are on the side of the stronger.
There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
I am my nearest neighbour.
It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.