It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.

It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An casual remark or joke shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.

In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.