(IV. iii. 206.)
and because he has a vague belief that this is the nick of time;
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their lives
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
(IV. ii. 218.)
These are the arguments which he opposes to Cassius’ skilled strategy. He will not even listen to Cassius’ rejoinder:
Cassius.Hear me, good brother—
Brutus. Under your pardon: