No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

We all are imbued with the love of praise.

I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age.

Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

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!

There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.