"The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes." — Sallust

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.