No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
Men are least safe from what success induces them not to fear.