The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

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

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!

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

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.

A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap