Philopoemen, Prince of the Achaeans, among other praises which writers have bestowed on him, is commended because in time of peace he never had anything in his mind but the rules of war; and when he was in the country with friends, he often stopped and reasoned with them: "If the enemy should be upon that hill, and we should find ourselves here with our army, with whom would be the advantage?
Filopemene, principe delli Achei, intra le altre laude che dalli scrittori li sono date, è che ne' tempi della pace non pensava mai se non a' modi della guerra; e, quando era in campagna con li amici, spesso si fermava e ragionava con quelli.