To some extent I liken slavery to death.
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
More law, less justice.
Hatred is inveterate anger.
The sinews of war are infinite money.
Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)
In times of war, the law falls s
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
A home without books is a body without soul.
Hatred is settled anger.
Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.
To live is to think.
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.