Nor is drunkenness censured for anything so much as its intemperate and endless talk.
Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?
Knavery is the best defense against a knave.
The wildest colts make the best horses.
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, "And, in my opinion Carthage should be destroyed." ["Delenda est Carthago."]