A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters..

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and ho….

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.].

If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway..

Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all..

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true….

We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel towa….

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this worl….

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..

The spirit is the true self..

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

I hate all children of precocious talent..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast prod….