Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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.
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.