Publius Cornelius Tacitus

It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

Forbidden things have a secret charm.

The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.

So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.