It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?