This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
Envy is blind. -Caeca invidia est
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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.