Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.

There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.