“Might was the measure of right.”
“Great fear is concealed under daring.”
“Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.”
“The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself.”
“The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.”
“Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.”
“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.”
“The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, tired of common sense and civilization.”