There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure