The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, become dear: what had been nothing but a metier was elevated to an art.

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.