Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Laws are silent in time of war.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

A home without books is a body without soul.