False Shame Only Is Harmful.

Those Ills Are Easiest To Bear With Which We Are Most Familiar.

Good Fortune And A Good Disposition Are Rarely Given To The Same Man.

Thus, If There Is Anyone Who Is Confident That He Can Advise Me As To The Best Advantage Of The State In This Campaign Which I Am About To Conduct, Let Him Not Refuse His Services To The State, But Come With Me Into Macedonia. I Will Furnish Him With His Sea-passage, With A Horse, A Tent, And Even Travel-funds. If Anyone Is Reluctant To Do This And Prefers The Leisure Of The City To The Hardships Of Campaigning, Let Him Not Steer The Ship From On Shore.

No Law Is Quite Appropriate For All.

The Troubles Which Have Come Upon Us Always Seem More Serious Than Those Which Are Only Threatening.