Woe to the conquered.
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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.
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.