Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.
Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!