Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.

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

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.

We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.

He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.

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!

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.