XL. That Fraud is fair in War
XLI. That our Country is to be defended by Honour or by Dishonour, and in either way is well defended
XLII. That Promises made on compulsion are not to be observed
XLIII. That Men born in the same Province retain through all times nearly the same character
XLIV. That where ordinary methods fail, Hardihood and Daring often succeed
XLV. Whether in battle it is better to await and repel the enemy’s attack, or to anticipate it by an impetuous onset
XLVI. How the Characteristics of Families come to be perpetuated
XLVII. That love of his Country should lead a good Citizen to forget private wrongs
XLVIII. That on finding an Enemy make what seems a grave blunder we should suspect some fraud to lurk behind
XLIX. That a Commonwealth to preserve its Freedom has constant need of new Ordinances. Of the services in respect of which Quintius Fabius received the surname of Maximus