Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.