If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

Friends are proved by adversity.

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.