Men Are Slower To Recognize Blessings Than

It Takes A Long Time To Bring Excellence To Maturity.

Luck Rules Every Human Endeavor, Especially War.

This Above All Makes History Useful And Desirable; It Unfolds Before Our Eyes A Glorious Record Of Exemplary Actions.

The Army From Asia Introduced A Foreign Luxury To Rome; It Was Then The Meals Began To Require More Dishes And More Expenditure . . . The Cook, Who Had Up To That Time Been Employed As A Slave Of Low Price, Become Dear: What Had Been Nothing But A Metier Was Elevated To An Art.

The Populace Is Like The Sea Motionless In Itself, But Stirred By Every Wind, Even The Lightest Breeze.