A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

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

Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.

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.

Haste in every business brings failures.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.