Occupation: Biographer Birth: 45 Death: 120
Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as in the face of all good or evil..
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil..
Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils..
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it..
It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad..
A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress..
Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast..
Being summoned by the Athenians out of Sicily to plead for his life, Alcibiades absconded, saying that that criminal was a fool who studied a defence….
The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing..
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord..
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered with mortals, ….
Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the world who could rule men. "We are t….
Men who marry wives very much superior to themselves are not so truly husbands to their wives as they are unawares made slaves to their position..
When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself..
I see the cure is not worth the pain..
He (Cato) used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with a secret; the second….
Either is both, and Both is neither..
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy..
There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and offense by wine being pour….
Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with m….
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?.