Companionship between emperors is not lasting.
Peace endures where its terms have been willingly accepted, and where you want to have slaves, you do not rely on faith.
The man and leader does not miss the right opportunity and submits it to his plans.
We have neither the power to bear our own vices nor the cure for them.
We become different from our ancestors.
In the first place is the man who can give useful advice; on the second, sits he who listens to this advice; and he who neither gives advice nor obeys the advice given by another is a fool (Paraphrase after Hesiod).
That the sun would not have set for the last time.
The unknown scares more.
Despising cruelty, you yourselves show cruelty, and, not yet free, you already want to rule over the adversary. (Senators Lucius Valerius and Marcus Horace)
Necessity is the last and most powerful weapon.
Misfortune has taught us what godliness is.
There is no law that satisfies all.
There is no man who despises gossip so much that his heart does not tremble at hearing it.
No day goes by in vain.
No citizen should be placed so high that he cannot be held accountable according to the laws.
Nothing corresponds more to equality and liberty than to be able to bring anyone before the judge, even the most powerful.
What (not to speak of a high position in the state) could be entrusted without fear to anyone if one should not be held accountable for one's actions?
No crime can have a legal foundation.
Proven trust gets loyalty in return.
Weapons are terrible in the hands of those who have no hope left.
You must act according to justice, and not by force.
Procrastination is dangerous.
The past is easier to blame than to correct.
Ardent and bold plans are only good at first glance: their implementation is painful, and the results are pitiful.
The life of a soldier hardens the heart.
Rarely is a man given both happiness and common sense at the same time.
The Romans increased their power not so much by victories as by gentle relations with the vanquished.
You can't steer the ship from the shore.
With the armed enemy you must be merciless, but with the vanquished kindness is more precious.
The strategist does not vote on the upcoming war.