An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!
The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.