For the gods, instead of what is most pleasing, will give what is most proper. Man is dearer to them than he is to himself.
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?