People readily believe what they want to believe.
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
It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.
As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.