It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

Christianity is a pestilent superstition.

None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death].

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.