One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

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

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die

Honesty is praised and starves

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified pages; but we also judge those happy who have learned in the school of life how to bear its ills and not buck against the yoke

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living