It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.