Thucydides

"The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept."
--Thucyclides

"Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought."
--Thucydides

"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
--Thucydides

"Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them."
--Thucydides

"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage."
--Thucydides

"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."
--Thucydides

"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."
--Thucydides