Friends Should Be Judged By Their Acts,

Avarice And Luxury, Those Evils Which Have Been The Ruin Of Every Great State.

Thus, If There Is Anyone Who Is Confident That He Can Advise Me As To The Best Advantage Of The State In This Campaign Which I Am About To Conduct, Let Him Not Refuse His Services To The State, But Come With Me Into Macedonia. I Will Furnish Him With His Sea-passage, With A Horse, A Tent, And Even Travel-funds. If Anyone Is Reluctant To Do This And Prefers The Leisure Of The City To The Hardships Of Campaigning, Let Him Not Steer The Ship From On Shore.

Favor And Honor Sometimes Fall More Fitly On Those Who Do Not Desire Them.

Men Are Only Clever At Shifting Blame From Their Own Shoulders To Those Of Others.

Luck Is Of Little Moment To The Great General, For It Is Under The Control Of His Intellect And His Judgment.