After victory, you have more enemies.
The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.
We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.
The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!