Tacitus Messalina lines 1-8

Messalina novo et quasi insano amore incensa est.

Messalina was on fire with a new and as it were insane love.

nam in C. Silium, iuventutis Romanae pulcherrimum, ita exarserat

For she had become enflamed with love for C. Silius, the most handsome of the Roman youth, in such a way

ut Iuniam Silanam, nobilem feminam, matrimonio eius exturbaret

that she drove out Junia Silana, a noble woman, from her marriage with him

liberoque adultero potiretur.

and took possession of an unencumbered adulterer.

neque Silius flagitii aut periculi nescius erat:

Nor was Silius unaware of the scandal or the danger:

sed intellexit exitium, si abnueret, fore certum

but he understood that death, if he refused, would be certain and,

et, si consentiret, nonnullam facinoris celandi spem esse;

if he agreed, that there was some hope of hiding the crime;

simulque se magna praemia accepturum.

and that he would at the same time receive great rewards.

igitur placuit neglegere futura praesentibus frui.

Therefore he decided to neglect the future, to enjoy the present.