Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.
Each instant of life is a step toward death.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.