One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.
Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up.
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
The stronger always succeeds.