That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us.
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
Nor is drunkenness censured for anything so much as its intemperate and endless talk.