Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.
In war, important events result from trivial causes.
The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.
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.