Once defeated minds are inclined to superstition.
Practice makes the job.
Good laws are inspired by bad habits.
Emperor Galba seemed to the simple man above the simple, and, according to the general opinion, he might have ruled, if he had not already been ruler.
Man is always in a hurry to reassure another, but he is not in a hurry to set an example.
It is natural to the human soul to feed on hatred towards those we have offended.
The closer a ruler is to the fall, the more laws he gives.
The closer people are in the ties of kinship, the fiercer is the feeling of enmity they harbor towards each other.
An honest death is better than a shameful life.
I am thinking of telling about the reign of Nerva and that of Trajan, about the years of rare happiness when everyone could think what he wanted and speak what he thought.
I consider that the most important obligation of the annals is to preserve a memory of the manifestation of virtues and to oppose to dishonest words and deeds the fear of the shame of posterity.
Worldwide and for all time.
The time of men is winged, wisdom is slow, death circles, and life is pitiful.
Whatever you use in life, as soon as it exceeds the limits of rational moderation, it turns out to be more burdensome than useful.
Everything has a price, and not a small one: this is paid by the one who asks; therefore, it is more convenient to buy all the necessities than to beg.
Not even ten strong men can undress the naked one.
Each individual man is mortal, but mankind as a whole is immortal.
If, in the judgments we make, we trusted more to what we see than to reason, we would be long behind the eagle in wisdom.
The measure of wealth is not so much land and income as the soul of man: if he endures need out of greed and is thirsty for enrichment, not even mountains of gold are enough for him, and he will constantly ask for something to increase his already accumulated wealth. This is the true quality of poverty, because any inclination to greed comes from the assumption that you are poor and it doesn't matter how much you don't have.
You are not given to see those forces that you are only allowed to feel.
We don't have to look at someone's place of birth, but how he behaves, the country is not important, but how he understands how to live his life.
The happiness of those whose wealth no one sees is not complete.
There is nothing in the world that attains perfection from the very beginning, on the contrary, in almost everything at first the hopes are faint, and only then is the indisputable wholeness realized.
For me there is no greater respect than respect for a man whom I myself appreciate on his merits.
You can accuse the innocent, but only the guilty can be exposed.
Man receives no good from the gods, without a trace of something unpleasant, in joy there is always a drop of sadness
We drink the first cup to satisfy thirst, the second to rejoice, the third to enjoy ourselves, and the fourth out of madness.
Cessation of activity always brings with it malaise, and malaise, decrepitude.
One's own moral filth is a sign of lack of self-respect.
Shame and honor are like a coat: the more worn it is, the worse we treat it.