It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.