The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
Woe to the conquered.
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
Temerity is not always successful.
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
He will have true glory who despises it.
They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
