All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Wisdom triumphs over chance.
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.