An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes...
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of...
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
The less men think the more they talk.
False happiness renders men stern and proud and that happiness is never...
To become truly great one has to stand with people not above them.
An author is a fool who not content with boring those he lives with insists...
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors...
If one has a good disposition what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame what is the value of other ornamentation?
