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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. -Herodotus.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.