Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

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.

Woe to the conquered.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.