Remote though your farm may be, It's something to be the lord of one green lizard-and free.
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!
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.