Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
They terrify lest they should fear.
It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.