Wisdom Is The Winner Over Good Luck.

Now That No One Buys Our Votes, The Public Has Long Since Cast Off Its Cares; For The People That Once Bestowed Commands, Consulships, Legions, And All Else, Now Meddles No More And Longs Eagerly For Just Two Things - Bread And Circuses.

Where Have You Ever Found That Man Who Stopped Short After The Perpetration Of A Single Crime?

He Never Sought To Stem The Current. [of A Statesman Who Accommodates His Views To Public Opinion.]

Many Commit The Same Crimes With A Very Different Result. One Bears A Cross For His Crime; Another A Crown.

Whatever Is Committed From A Bad Example, Is Displeasing Even To Its Author.