Nothing Is So Uncertain Or Unpredictable As

An Honor Prudently Declined Often Returns With Increased Luster.

Avarice And Luxury, Those Evils Which Have Been The Ruin Of Every Great State.

Toil And Pleasure, In Their Natures Opposite, Are Yet Linked Together In A Kind Of Necessary Connection.

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.

There Is Nothing Worse Than Being Ashamed Of Parsimony Or Poverty.