A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.