No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

- Sallust

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

- Sallust

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

- Sallust

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

- Sallust

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

- Sallust

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

- Sallust

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

- Sallust

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.

- Sallust

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

- Sallust

No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.

- Sallust

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

- Sallust

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

- Sallust

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

- Sallust

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

- Sallust

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

- Sallust

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

- Sallust

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.

- Sallust

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.

- Sallust

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

- Sallust

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

- Sallust