The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.
It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.
Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.
It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.
The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
What is dignity without honesty?
For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.
If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.
It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong
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