I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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.

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.