Fidelity is the sister of justice.
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
She – philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.
Evenhanded fate hath but one law for small and great; the ample urn holds all men’s names.
Labor diligently to increase your property.
The Sun, the stars and the seasons as they pass, some can gaze upon these with no strain of fear.
Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque revenit. You can drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will nevertheless come back.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
Hired mourners at a funeral say and do – A little more than they whose grief is true.
I teach that all men are mad.
Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth’s fruits.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar – that I call an achievement.
He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.