Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
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.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy.