You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter

It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.

All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.

Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.

Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.