I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).

Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.