Everything in Rome has its price.
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.