Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death].