A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
Valor is the soldier's adornment.
Haste is blind and improvident.