A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
Titus Livius

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
Titus Livius

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
Titus Livius

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Titus Livius

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
Titus Livius

From abundance springs satiety.
Titus Livius

He will have true glory who despises it.
Titus Livius

In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
Titus Livius

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
Titus Livius

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
Titus Livius


It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
Titus Livius

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
Titus Livius

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
Titus Livius

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
Titus Livius

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
Titus Livius

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
Titus Livius

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
Titus Livius

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
Titus Livius

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
Titus Livius

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
Titus Livius