Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.
Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.
To know all things is not permitted.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.
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.
Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start