Marcus Tullius Cicero

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

It is a great thing to know your vices.

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks of the "general welfare of the people." Under that phrase all sorts of excesses can be employed by lusting tyrants to make us bondsmen.

Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

There is no place more delightful than home.

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, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.