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.
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, become dear: what had been nothing but a metier was elevated to an art.