There is nothing which wings its flight so swiftly as calumny, nothing is uttered with more ease; nothing is listened to with more readiness, nothing disbursed more widely.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

The more laws, the less justice.

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

He has no worse enemy than himself.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.