No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

- Cornelius Nepos

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

- Cornelius Nepos

No evil is great if it is the last.

- Cornelius Nepos

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

- Cornelius Nepos

That evil can never be great which is the last.

- Cornelius Nepos

Tasteful rather than expensive.

- Cornelius Nepos

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

- Cornelius Nepos

After darkness comes the light.

- Cornelius Nepos

Peace is obtained by war.

- Cornelius Nepos