More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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

It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.