Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.