If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need..

Like readily consorts with like..

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, n….

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read..

In times of war, the law falls silent..

Before beginning, prepare carefully..

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot b….

There is not a moment without some duty..

Do nothing twice over..

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment..

There is no life without friendship.

While the sick man has life, there is hope..

Politicians are not born; they are excreted..

Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home..

I hate all children of precocious talent..

The spirit is the true self..

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition..

Man's best support is a very dear friend..

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends..

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant..

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered..