If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.
A s laws multiply, injustice increases.
It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.