It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.