Friends are proved by adversity.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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.

More law, less justice.

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?