Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible

But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.

Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.

But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.

Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.