The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
The worst hatred is that of relatives.