In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
From Sallust
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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