In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.