 Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? |
| It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. |
| Fear is proof of a degenerate mind. |
| Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances. |
| Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers. |
| Age carries all things away, even the mind. |
| From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods. |
| What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another. |
| He enters the port with a full sail. |
| Fury itself supplies arms. |
| As the twig is bent the tree inclines. |
| One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. |
| From one learn all. |
| The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub. |
| They succeed, because they think they can. |
| I shudder when relating it. |
| We can't all do everything. |
| The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety. |
| Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly. |
| The medicine increases the disease. |
