Cornelius Tacitus

"He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion. "

"I am my nearest neighbour. "

"In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue. "

"It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others. "

"It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks. "

"Keen at the start, but careless at the end. "

"No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations. "

"That cannot be safe which is not honourable. "

"There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. "