Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
They even say that an altar dedicated to Ulysses, with the addition of the name of his father, Laertes, was formerly discovered on the same spot, and that certain monuments and tombs with Greek inscriptions, still exist on the borders of Germany and Rhaetia .
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
One who is allowed to sin, sins less.
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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.
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.
Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.