Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.