Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.