The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
Then there is the usual scene when lovers are excited with each other, quarrels, entreaties, reproaches, and then fondling reconcilement.
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.