Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.

The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

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.

Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.

It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.