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

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

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.

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

War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.