It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
SallustBut the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
SallustOf the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
SallustAdvise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
Sallust