From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends, and affairs will always remain quiet within when they are quiet without, unless they should have been already disturbed by conspiracy; and even should affairs outside be disturbed, if he has carried out his preparations and has lived as I have said, as long as he does not despair, he will resist every attack, as I said Nabis the Spartan did.
Ezektől jó hadsereggel és jó barátokkal védelmezi magát; s mindig nyugalom van belül, amíg kívül nincs zavar, ha belül már nem támadt előbb összeesküvés; s ha nincs is kívül nyugalom, amennyiben úgy él és uralkodik, mint mondtam, nem ernyed el, és minden támadást kivéd, ahogyan azt a spártai Nabisról mondtam.