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.
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.