In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
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.)
Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
Hatred is inveterate anger.
Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
More law, less justice.
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
Two distinctive traits especially identify beyond a doubt a strong and dominant character. One trait is contempt for external circumstances, when one is convinced that men ought to respect, to desire,...
The sinews of war are infinite money.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.