For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.
I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.
What is permissible is not always honorable.
Life is short, but art lives forever.
Laws are inoperative in war
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.