To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
A good death does honour to a whole life.
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.