I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters.
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.