It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.

The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.