“When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.”

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

Use the worst colour you can find in each place – it usually is the best.

Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.

Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.

Hope survives best at the hearth.