Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content.

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.