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.
Adversity makes men remember God.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
Great contests generally excite great animosities.