No Crime Can Ever Be Defended On

Events Of Great Consequence Often Spring From Trifling Circumstances.

Once Let Good Faith Be Abandoned, And All Social Existence Would Perish.

We Survive On Adversity And Perish In Ease And Comfort.

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.

A Certain Peace Is Better And Safer Than A Victory In Prospect; The Former Is At Your Own Disposal, The Latter Depends Upon The Gods.