I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication.

Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?