καὶ πολεμικὸς μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶν ὥστ´ ἐπ´ αὐτῷ εἶναι τὸ πολεμεῖν, εἰρηνικὸς δὲ 
οὕτως ὡς μηδὲν ἀξιόμαχον αὐτῷ λείπεσθαι. καὶ γὰρ δὴ καὶ τόδε οἶδεν, ὅτι τοῖς 
κάλλιστα πολεμεῖν παρεσκευασμένοις, τούτοις μάλιστα ἔξεστιν εἰρήνην ἄγειν.

He [the king] is warlike to the extent that the making of war rests with him, and 
peaceful to the extent that there is nothing left worth his fighting for. For assuredly 
he is well aware that they who are best prepared for war have it most in their power 
to live in peace.

Trad. anglaise : J.W. COHOON - H. Lamar CROSBY, Dio Chrysostom.  
Vol. I. London, Heinemann, 1932