It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the f….

Friends, though absent, are still present..

Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches..

As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap..

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger..

Calamus fortior gladio..

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my….

No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it..

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy..

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, th….

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer..

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature..

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior..

Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness..

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….

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety..

Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow old in body, but we need never gr….

Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication..

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes..

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

A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant..