The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.