Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

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