Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.
Groundless superstition ill befits an army; valor is the only deity that rules in the warrior's breast.
Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.
Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.