Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside.

We die of comfort and by conflict live.

Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one’s conquests.

The hatred of relatives is the bitterest.

How can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.

With the dead there is no rivalry.

Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge.

Put national causes first and personal grudges last.

Enemies to me are the sauce piquant to my dish of life.

It would seem that in history it’s never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one.

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

The men of today are born to criticize; of Achilles they see only the heel.

When a coward sees a man he can beat, he becomes hungry for a fight.