"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."
― Livy
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"A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself."
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"It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted."
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"Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes."
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"The result showed that fortune helps the brave."
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"Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them."
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"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out."
― Livy
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"Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed."
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"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."
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"All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident."
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"It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors."
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"There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty."
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"This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions."
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"There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed."
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"In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest."
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"Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others."
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"Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in battle."
― Livy
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"There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards."
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"All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident."
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"Temerity is not always successful."
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