There are laws for peace as well as war.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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.
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.