Conspicuous by his absence.
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.