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• He [Tiberius] upbraided Macro, in no obscure and indirect terms, "with forsaking the setting sun and turning to the rising.
  -- Tacitus (54-119 AD) -- Annales, vi, 52 (46)...
• When some were saying that if Caesar should march against the city they could not see what forces there were to resist him
  Pompey replied with a smile, bidding them be in no concern, "for whenever I stamp my foot in any part of Italy there will rise up forces enough in an instant, both horse and foot....
• After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do.
  Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws....
• A dead man cannot bite. -- Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey)
• And this," said Caesar, "you know, young man, is more disagreeable for me to say than to do.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Caesa...
• Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Phocio...
• Stop quoting the laws to us. We carry swords. -- Pompey the Grea
• Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Sertoriu...