"Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond." — Livy

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.