The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.

Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.

Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.