Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain. [Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct. [Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo pati.]

It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public. [Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]

He carried and nourished in his breast a snake, tender-hearted against his own interest. [Lat., Colubram sustulit Sinuque fovet, contra se ipse misericors.]