I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.
To make no mistake is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
As to Caesar when he was called upon he gave no testimony against Clodius nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury done to his bed. He only said "He had divorced Pompeia because the wif...
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.
Prosperity is not just scale adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
Time is the soul of this world.
It is a hard matter my fellow citizens to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
For dealing with blessings which come to us from outside we need a firm foundation based on reason and education; without this foundation, people keep on seeking these blessings and heaping them up bu...
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
It is a difficult task Oh citizens to make speeches to the belly which has no ears.
Character is long-standing habit.
Medicine to produce health must examine disease and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.