The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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.