Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

Posterity gives every man his true value.

You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter

The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.

Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.