The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Wisdom triumphs over chance.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
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.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.