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.

Better late than never.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.