The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.