Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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.