It is difficult not to write satire.
The man whose purse is empty can cheerfully sing before the robber.
Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?
Even savage animals can agree among themselves.
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!