All The Armed Prophets Conquered; All The

It Is A True Observation Of Ancient Writers, That As Men Are Apt To Be Cast Down By Adversity, So They, Are Easily Satiated With Prosperity, And That Joy And Grief Produce The Same Effects. For Whenever Men Are Not Obliged By Necessity To Fight They Fight From Ambition, Which Is So Powerful A Passion In The Human Breast That However High We Reach We Are Never Satisfied.

He Who Has Not First Laid His Foundations May Be Able With Great Ability To Lay Them Afterwards, But They Will Be Laid With Trouble To The Architect And Danger To The Building.

Present Wars Impoverish The Lords That Win As Much As Those That Lose.

One Must Be A Fox To Recognize Traps And A Lion To Frighten Wolves

The Chief Foundations Of All States, New As Well As Old Or Composite, Are Good Laws And Good Arms.