Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
By doubting we come at truth.
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.