A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk. [Lat., Vulgus ignavum et nihil ultra verba ausurum.]
Rumor is not always wrong
Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
I am my nearest neighbour.
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
They terrify lest they should fear.
Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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