How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Character

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Fame

It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.

Integrity

Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.

Luxury

Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.

Nature

Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.

Poverty and The Poor

Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.

Repetition

Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.

Sports

Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.

Writers and Writing

Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many.