Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef.
Experience is the teacher of all things.
People readily believe what they want to believe.
No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.
War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.
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.