None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death].

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.

It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.

Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.

You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter