King _Philip_ seeing his Son _Alexander_ extream active and nimble, encouraged him to run a race in the _Olympick_ Games: _I would willingly undertake it_, answered he, _if those that were to run with me for the prize were Kings_.
Le Roy _Philippe_ voyant son Fils _Alexandre_ extremement souple & agile, l’excitoit à combattre à la course dans les jeux _Olympiques_: _Je le ferois volontiers_, lui répondit-il, _si ceux qui me disputeroient le prix étoient des Rois_.
In the War which _Marius_ was waging against the _Teutones_, his Soldiers complaining of extream Thirst, he shewed them a River that was very near the Enemies Camp: _Thither_, said he, _you must go to quench your Thirst_.
Dans la Guerre que _Marius_ fit aux _Teutons_, ses Soldats se plaignant d’une extreme soif, il leur montra un Fleuve qui ètoit fort proche du Camp des Ennemis: _C’est là_, leur dit-il, _qu’il vous faut aller éteindre vôtre soif_.
As one was disuading _Marcus Brutus_ from fighting, he said: _What harm can I get by it? I can but overcome or die_. And as some advised him after his defeat to save himself by flight: _A Man_, said he, _ought to save himself with his Hands, and not with his Feet_.
_Marcus Brutus_, qu’on vouloit détourner d’aller au Combat, dit: _Quel mal peut-il m’en arriver? je ne puis que vaincre ou mourir_. Et sur ce que quelques uns lui conseilloient après sa defaite de se sauver par la fuite: _Il se faut_, dit-il, _sauver avec les Mains, & non pas avec les Pieds_.
King _Agis_, said: _One ought never to ask how many, but where the Enemys are_.
Le Roy _Agis_ disoit: _Il ne faut jamais demander combien, mais où sont les Ennemis_.
_Augustus_ hearing that _Alexander_ having conquered the best part of the World, was at a loss how to spend the remainder of his Days, he was surpriz’d at that Thought: _Why_, said he, _was_ Alexander _then ignorant that the well governing a conquered State, is a more important Employment than the making of new Conquests?_
_Auguste_ entendant dire qu’_Alexandre_, après avoir conquis la plus grande partie de la Terre, ètoit en peine de sçavoir à quoi il pourroit occuper la reste de ses jours fut surpris de ce sentiment là: _Hé quoi_, dit-il, Alexandre _ignoroit donc que bien gouverner un Empire conquis, est un Emploi plus considerable, que de faire de nouvelles Conquêtes?_