I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.
The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.
No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.
The First Bond of Society is Marriage.
Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.
If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.
To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.
If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.
There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.
Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, ‘for friendship’s sake,’ is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.
The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
The foundation of justice is good faith.