Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family