It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.