When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

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.