A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.

Praise thyself never.

The fortune of war is always doubtful.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

This is the difference between us Romans and the Etruscans: We believe that lightning is caused by clouds colliding, whereas they believe that clouds collide in order to create lightning. Since they attribute everything to gods, they are led to believe not that events have a meaning because they have happened, but that they happen in order to express a meaning.

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow.

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.