Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.

Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

Friends are proved by adversity.

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

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.