Tacitus (55-120) quotes

• A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
• Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
• He that fights and runs away, may turn and fight another day; but he that is in battle slain, will never rise to fight again.
• Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
• No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
• To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.