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

...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy's onset.

You can now, if you choose, employ your present success to advantage, so as to keep what you have got and gain honour and reputation besides, and you can avoid the mistake of those who meet with an extraordinary piece of good fortune, and are led on by hope to grasp continually at something further, through having already succeeded without expecting it.

... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in getting, they were born into the world to take no rest themselves, and to give none to others.

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.

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