The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak.