It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
They make a desert and call it peace.
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.