In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.