Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which I am about to conduct, let him not refuse his services to the state, but come with me into Macedonia. I will furnish him with his sea-passage, with a horse, a tent, and even travel-funds. If anyone is reluctant to do this and prefers the leisure of the city to the hardships of campaigning, let him not steer the ship from on shore.

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

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

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 result showed that fortune helps the brave.

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