A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.