Force without reason falls of its own weight.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth?

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.

In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.