Men are only too clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. - Titus Livius

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

The more common report is that Remus mockingly jumped over the newly raised walls and was forthwith killed by the enraged Romulus, who exclaimed, "So shall it be henceforth with every one who leaps over my walls."