There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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!
Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
Remorse is the fruit of crime.