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

Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.

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

Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.

All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.

A bad peace is even worse than war.