After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.