Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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.
Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.