Prosperity engenders sloth.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Adversity makes men remember God.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them.

I can see her weighing her response, concentrating like a cliff diver studying the ebb and flow of the tide."Um, well... could you at least give me an idea?""Two weeks give or take a week or two.

Even a hedge knight has his honor.

To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.

Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom.

No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts.

Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.

An oath-the strongest of religious ties.

When you've written a movie, you then get together with a whole lot of people and make it. In many ways, I think it is far nicer to be with people rather than being completely solitary.

Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks.