Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
The best known evil is the most tolerable.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.