To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

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

So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Custom adapts itself to expediency.

The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.

In all things there is a law of cycles.

They make a wilderness and call it peace.

Things forbidden have a secret charm.

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.