It Is A Hard Matter, My Fellow

It Is Not Reasonable That He Who Does Not Shoot Should Hit The Mark, Nor That He Who Does Not Stand Fast At His Post Should Win The Day, Or That The Helpless Man Should Succeed Or The Coward Prosper.

A Warrior Carries His Shield For The Sake Of The Entire Line.

The Conduct Of A Wise Politician Is Ever Suited To The Present Posture Of Affairs. Often By Foregoing A Part He Saves The Whole, And By Yielding In A Small Matter Secures A Greater.

Nor Is Drunkenness Censured For Anything So Much As Its Intemperate And Endless Talk.

A Lover's Soul Lives In The Body Of His Mistress.