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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
Thrift is of great revenue.
For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
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