Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.

Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which I am about to conduct, let him not refuse his services to the state, but come with me into Macedonia. I will furnish him with his sea-passage, with a horse, a tent, and even travel-funds. If anyone is reluctant to do this and prefers the leisure of the city to the hardships of campaigning, let him not steer the ship from on shore.

We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.