War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.