He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.
Marcus Tullius CiceroThere is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
Marcus Tullius CiceroWhen time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.
Marcus Tullius CiceroThese studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.
Marcus Tullius Cicero