Juvenal — Roman Poet

Decimus Iūnius Iuvenālis, known in English as Juvenal /ˈdʒuːvənəl/, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE, author of the Satires. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE fix his terminus post quem... (wikipedia)

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.