This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.
The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.