Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.