πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
-α, -ον1 tranquilo, sosegado ἀεκήλια ἔργα ... οὐχ ἑκήλια ἔργα, οὐχ ἡσύχια Apollon.Lex.α 102.2 subst. ἡ ἑ. sosiego, paz Hsch.