Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
Adversity makes men remember God.
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.
The best known evil is the most tolerable.
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
Men are least safe from what success induces them not to fear.