“Custom adapts itself to expediency.”
“Things forbidden have a secret charm.”
“Forbidden things have a secret charm.”
“Posterity will pay everyone their due.”
“In all things there is a law of cycles.”
“They make a wilderness and call it peace.”
“Posterity gives every man his true value.”
“The more corrupt the state, the more laws.”
“The hatred of relatives is the most violent.”
“All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.”
“If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.”
“Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.”
“Greater things are believed of those who are absent.”
“Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.”
“Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.”
“All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.”
“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.”
“When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.”
“Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.”
“The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.”
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
“Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.”
“Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.”
“No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
“It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.”
“Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.”
“It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.”
“So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.”
“Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.”
“Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.”