Quotes from book

The Silver Pigs

“b>Emperors must make their own rules.</b”

“Senator, don't let your judgement be warped by one heady moment.”

“Some men are born lucky. Others are born Marcus Didius Falco.”

“In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch.”

“I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps. If they start out with nothing I tend to get depressed because either they have just stripped off for someone else or, in my line of work, they are usually dead.”

“It struck me there might be a reason why Helena Justina whipped along at such a cracking pace: she did not want to be stuck in the wilderness with my corpse. I thanked Jove for her ruthless good sense. I did not want my corpse to be stuck with her in any case.”

“Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.”