"Passing the Rubicon. When he arrived at the banks of the Rubicon, which divides Cisalpine Gaul from the rest of Italy…"

"Scilurus on his death-bed, being about to leave four-score sons surviving, offered a bundle of darts to each of them,…"

"Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though …"

"Be ruled by time, the wisest counsellor of all."

"The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting."

"Ἡ ἀνάπαυσις τῶν πόνων ἐστὶν ἄρτυμα."

"The great god Pan is dead."

"Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty."

"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield…"

"He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush."