You could tell those two had been married by the way that she ignored him. - Lindsey Davis

To be born with nothing was grim. But to be born with everything, then to lose it, was far more cruel.

The world is full of people slandering their birthplaces, as if they really believe that small-town life is different elsewhere.

This was no more cynical than most lying lozenge-pushers, but when he thought it mattered, Rhoemetalces had been honest. We cannot have that. Rome is a complex, sophisticated society. Truth is distrusted as much as Greek philosophy.