A spider catches a fly and feels proud. A hunter catches a rabbit or fish and feels accomplished. Another hunter takes down a boar or bear and celebrates. Soldiers feel the same pride when they defeat the Sarmatians or other northern tribes. These famous warriors think they're doing something noble. But if you look at what's really in their minds, they're just hunting prey like any other predator.
As the spider, when it hath caught the fly that it hunted after, is not little proud, nor meanly conceited of herself: as he likewise that hath caught an hare, or hath taken a fish with his net: as another for the taking of a boar, and another of a bear: so may they be proud, and applaud themselves for their valiant acts against the Sarmatai, or northern nations lately defeated. For these also, these famous soldiers and warlike men, if thou dost look into their minds and opinions, what do they for the most part but hunt after prey?