Integrity is praised, and starves.
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Of what avail are pedigrees?
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.