Sallust

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.