Virtue is its own reward.
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.
I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.