Silius Italicus — Poet

Silius Italicus, in full Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus, was a Roman consul, orator, and Latin epic poet of the 1st century AD,. His only surviving work is the 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War and the longest surviving poem in Latin at over 12,000 lines... (wikipedia)

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.
Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.
Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.