According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Nothing's as good as holding on to safety.
This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.