Let Flattery, The Handmaid Of The Vices,

Friendship, On The Other Hand, Serves A Great Host Of Different Purposes All At The Same Time. In Whatever Direction You Turn, It Still Remains Yours. No Barrier Can Shut It Out. It Can Never Be Untimely; It Can Never Be In The Way. We Need Friendship All The Time, Just As Much As We Need The Proverbial Prime Necessities Of Life, Fire And Water.

Come Now: Do We Really Think That The Gods Are Everywhere Called By The Same Names By Which They Are Addressed By Us? But The Gods Have As Many Names As There Are Languages Among Humans. For It Is Not With The Gods As With You: You Are Velleius Wherever You Go, But Vulcan Is Not Vulcan In Italy And In Africa And In Spain.

What Is Thine Is Mine, And All Mine Is Thine.

Nothing Is So Unbelievable That Oratory Cannot Make It Acceptable.

A Nation Can Survive Its Fools, And Even The Ambitious. But It Cannot Survive Treason From Within. An Enemy At The Gates Is Less Formidable, For He Is Known And Carries His Banner Openly. But The Traitor Moves Amongst Those Within The Gate Freely, His Sly Whispers Rustling Through All The Alleys, Heard In The Very Halls Of Government Itself.