No one every suddenly became depraved.
The man whose purse is empty can cheerfully sing before the robber.
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage money.