Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.
It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.
It is the custom of the immortal gods to grant temporary prosperity and a fairly long period of impunity to those whom they plan to punish for their crimes, so that they may feel it all the more keenly as a result of the change in their fortunes.
I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.