To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.

When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

Gold will be slave or master.