The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.