Woe To The Conquered.

The Troubles Which Have Come Upon Us Always Seem More Serious Than Those Which Are Only Threatening.

Treachery, Though At First Very Cautious, In The End Betrays Itself.

There Are Laws For Peace As Well As War.

No One Wants To Be Excelled By His Relatives.

The Study Of History Is The Best Medicine For A Sick Mind; For In History You Have A Record Of The Infinite Variety Of Human Experience Plainly Set Out For All To See; And In That Record You Can Find Yourself And Your Country Both Examples And Warnings; Fine Things To Take As Models, Base Things Rotten Through And Through, To Avoid.