Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Two things only the people actually desire bread and circuses.
Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentia gaudet amantis. (Though she may herself burn, she delights in her lover's torment.)
But who is to guard the guards themselves
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
One path alone leads to a life of peace The path of virtue.
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.