Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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.
Better late than never.
No law is quite appropriate for all.