Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, become dear: what had been nothing but a metier was elevated to an art.
Haste is blind and improvident.
...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.