“Opposites are cures for opposites.
“Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
Do not speak ill of the dead.
“If the victor had the gods on his side, the vanquished had Cato.”
First things first, but not necessarily in that order.
A diplomat… is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
Publish and be damned!
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.