 This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. |
| Temerity is not always successful. |
| It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted. |
| All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. |
| The result showed that fortune helps the brave. |
| There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. |
| The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. |
| From abundance springs satiety. |
| The sun has not yet set for all time. |
| Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. |
| Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war. |
| The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. |
| There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards. |
| Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment. |
| Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. |
| In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest. |
| It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors. |
| Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. |
