It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Woe to the conquered.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

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.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

He will have true glory who despises it.

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Temerity is not always successful.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.

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.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

From abundance springs satiety.

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

A fraudulent intent however carefully concealed at the outset will generally in the end betray itself.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.