Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.

As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

The die has been cast.