Sallust Quotes

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

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

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

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

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

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

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

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

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

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

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

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