One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?
We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.