The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.

There will he nothing more that posterity can add to our immoral habits; our descendants must have the same desires and act the same follies as their sires. Every vice has reached its zenith.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.

Autumn is the harvest of greedy death.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.