Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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.

It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.

The freedom of poetic license.

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.