It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.

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

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

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.

All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.

So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.

Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.