Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.

To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

While the sick man has life, there is hope.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!