If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death].
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.