It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.

What can that man fear who takes care to please a Being that is able to crush all his adversaries?

It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or science, which have not been touched upon by others. We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights.

This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes.

Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.

We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately found itself poor as soon as this vice got footing among them, though they were possessed of all the riches in the world.