Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which all can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day of danger when their aid may be required

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time

You shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose

For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection.

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.