The gods are on the side of the stronger.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

In valor there is hope.

To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.

Augustus gradually increased his powers, taking over those of the senate, the executives and the laws. The aristocracy received wealth and position in proportion to their willingness to accept slavery. The state had been transformed, and the old Roman character gone for ever. Equality among citizens was completely abandoned. All now waited on the imperial command.

Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.

Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.