“Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.”

Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]

All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.

Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.

If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.

Conspicuous by his absence.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

They make solitude, which they call peace.

Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.

In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.

One who is allowed to sin, sins less

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

We face an essential need to reach a definition of terrorism that will enjoy wide international agreement, thus enabling international operations against terrorist organizations.

Heaven invades earth when there is agreement here to what exists there. Honestly, that’s how it happens.

Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.

The international community would like to see an agreement in Libya before Ramadan, let me be very cautious about the possibilities for an agreement.

If the Palestinians do their part, we shall do our part and we shall have an agreement.

THERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is mainly responsible for the ensuing crash and depression.

I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.