Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.
All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.