Cornelius Tacitus

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
Cornelius Tacitus - Histories
It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

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

No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.

Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

I am my nearest neighbour.

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

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

- Cornelius Tacitus