After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men, to the gladiators.

Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents.

The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe.

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.

Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect.

There is a certain amount of purpose, acquiescence, and satisfaction in nursing one's melancholy.

It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.