The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
Rumor is not always wrong
He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
Conspicuous by his absence.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.