The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
There are laws for peace as well as war.