Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the most helpless and impotent of mankind, and yet a violence... and a boistrousness in their resentment, as if they had been puffed up with the highest prosperity and power. they will not only be served, but it must also be in their own way and on their own principles and even in words and language that they liked... which renders it very difficult for a plain unguarded man as I am to have anything to do with them or their affairs.

Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of his style.

Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.