Envy is blind. -Caeca invidia est
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.