In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere

I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and thence to the East to fight a general without an army.

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.