It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.

Many have an irresistible itch for writing.

All things may be bought in Rome with money.

Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.