I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.
The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.
The die has been cast.
Men willingly believe what they wish.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
It is the custom of the immortal gods to grant temporary prosperity and a fairly long period of impunity to those whom they plan to punish for their crimes, so that they may feel it all the more keenly as a result of the change in their fortunes.