Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and never in the way.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.

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

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.