"No other evil we know is faster than Rumor, thriving on speed and becoming stronger by running. Small and timid at first, then borne on a light air, she flits over ground while hiding her head on a cl…"

"The snake is in the grass, and the poison is under the flower."

"Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. / Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas."

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

"Evil is nourished and grows by concealment."