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.

He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.

Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.