Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
Adversity reminds men of religion.
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.