“A dead body revenges not injuries.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure”
“Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.”
“Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.”
“And let it here be noted that men are either to be kindly treated, or utterly crushed, since they can revenge lighter injuries, but not graver. Wherefore the injury we do to a man should be of a sort to leave no fear of reprisals.”