Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
Words will build no walls.
Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.
I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.
Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are
So also it is good not always to make a friend of the person who is expert in twining himself around us; but, after testing them, to attach ourselves to those who are worthy of our affection and likely to be serviceable to us.