O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas