All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
No law is sufficiently convenient to all. 
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason. 
The best known evil is the most tolerable. 
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. 
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous 
Men are least safe from what success induces them not to fear. 
From abundance springs satiety. 
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. 
He creates one hundred senators, either because that number was sufficient, or because there were only one hundred who could name their fathers. They 
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. 
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods. 
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. 
No law is quite appropriate for all. 
Certain peace is better and safer than anticipated victory. 
They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women. 
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money. 
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. 
A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them. 
The result showed that fortune helps the brave. 
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted. 
When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power. 
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished. 
The sun has not yet set for all time. 
Passions are generally roused from great conflict. 
False shame only is harmful. 
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort. 
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves. 
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. 
Wit is the flower of the imagination. 
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. 
This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left. 
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment. ![Livy quotes: [Rhodian delegation:]Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/livy-quotes-901983.jpg "Livy quotes: [Rhodian delegation:]Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.")
[Rhodian delegation:]Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity. 
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd. 
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state. 
Greater is our terror of the unknown. 
Bethink yourself not whence you sprang, but who you are. 
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal. 
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. 
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority. 
The Roman envoys replied that they would go where their own generals led them, not where bidden by their enemies. 
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. 
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. 
Envy, like flames, soars upwards. 
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse. 
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger. 
War is just to those to whom war is necessary. 
Fear looks always on the darker side... 
Adversity reminds men of religion. 
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. 
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason. 
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. 
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish. 
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires. 
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely uponvalour.
Temerity is not always successful. 
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities. 
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. 
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money 
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. 
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted. 
Valor is the soldier's adornment. 
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind. 
We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them. 