“Reason should direct, and appetite obey.”
“He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.”
“In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.”
“Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.”
“In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.”
“There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.”
“It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.”
“I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.”
“Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.”
“Friends, though absent, are still present.”
“Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.”
“The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.”
“Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.”
“In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.”
“Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.”
“That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.”
“The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.”
“This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.”