Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.

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.

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.