Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.