The remembrance of past misery is sweet.
Pardon is granted to necessity.
He is rich who wishes no more than he has.
No one has leave to sin.
He who suffers, remembers.
The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.
Let the soldier yield to the civilian.
Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.
Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.
Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be.
The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.
War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.
Work makes a callus against grief.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.
I am a Roman citizen.
There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.
I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.
There are no true friends in politics.
In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance.