For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.