Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.
Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.
The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.