Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.

Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.