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.
Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.