No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

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

There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.

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.