The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

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

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.

All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.