It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.