“There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.”

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.

This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

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.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

Never is work without reward, or reward without work.

Valor is the soldier’s adornment.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It’s a battle that can’t be won. There’s no definition of beauty. The only way to achieve beauty is to feel it from inside without breaking down into individual physical attributes.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.

If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.