I wonder that a soothsayer doesn't laugh whenever he sees another soothsayer.

The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.

Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.