Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.

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

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.