Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.
Marcus Tullius CiceroTake from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIf the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.
Marcus Tullius Cicero