Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

Don't confuse meaning with truth.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

For if many ill-conceived plans have succeeded through the still greater lack of judgment of an opponent, many more, apparently well laid, have on the contrary ended in disgrace. The confidence with which we form our schemes is never completely justified in their execution; speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.