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We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.
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.
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
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.
To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.
Peace is freedom in tranquility.
If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.
Patria est communis omnium parens._x000D__x000D_Our country is the common parent of all.
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?
Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.
A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.
No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.
Frugality includes all the other virtues.
Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.
While the sick man has life, there is hope.
The first bond of society is marriage.
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
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