A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.
Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.
Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.
This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn’t show its age.
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
No one dances sober, unless he is insane.
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.
Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.
Kindness is produced by kindness.
Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.
Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother. Thank you for my laughter. Thank you for my friend.
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time...
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.