Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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.
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.