The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak

The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.

Savage bears agree with one another.

There will he nothing more that posterity can add to our immoral habits; our descendants must have the same desires and act the same follies as their sires. Every vice has reached its zenith.