It is difficult not to write satire.
— Juvenal
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
