Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

By doubting we come at truth.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.