The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little.

Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.

This very Rome that we behold deserves our love ...: the only common and universal city.

Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.

Let [children] be able to do all things, and love to do only the good.

If you have known how to compose your life, you have done a great deal more than the person who knows how to compose a book. You have done more than the one who has taken cities and empires.