Chance and Fortune, so to speak, enhanced the achievements of Scipio, so that they always appeared more illustrious than was expected.
[XCI (162)]
One must not pass over even a minor work of his, as in the case of a famous artist.
[XCII (163)]
Scipio counselled him either not to try, or to do so in such a manner as to succeed at all risks. For to make an attempt on the same man twice was dangerous in itself, and was apt to make a man altogether contemptible.
[XCIII (164)]
But being jealous of Scipio they tried to decry his achievements.
[XCIV (168)]
Fixing the stocks upright in the ground in a semicircle touching each other.