A friend is, as it were, a second self.

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.