Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.