Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter