An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

For while we are enclosed in these confinements of the body, we perform as a kind of duty the heavy task of necessity; for the soul from heaven has been cast down from its dwelling on high and sunk, as it were, into the earth, a place just the opposite to godlike nature and eternity. But I believe that the immortal gods have sown souls in human bodies so there might exist beings to guard the world and after contemplating the order of heaven, might imitate it by their moderation and steadfastness in life.

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.