As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.Sallust
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.Sallust
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.Sallust
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.Sallust