It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]