I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.

- Scipio Africanus

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

- Scipio Africanus

Memmius would only be useless to him for a short time, but that he would remain useless to himself and the Republic forever.

- Scipio Africanus

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.

- Scipio Africanus

Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adv…

- Scipio Africanus