Man is his own worst enemy.

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

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

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.