Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.