Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.