Adversity reminds men of religion.
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
From abundance springs satiety.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
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.