Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.

Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

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.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).

Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity.