“So, friends, what method should we use? Hard to choose. I could torch them in their love nest or butcher them in their fragrant bed.”

“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”

“Friends show their love in times of trouble.”

“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”

“I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief”

“power and alliance for them, slavery and conquest over us.”

“For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.”