He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]
We should lay up in peace what we shall need in war.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
In excess altercation, truth is lost.