The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common; this common land they assigned to such of the citizens as were poor and indigent, for which they were to pay only a small acknowledgment into the public treasury. But when the wealthy men began to offer larger rents, and drive the poorer people out, it was enacted by law that no person whatever should enjoy more than five hundred acres of ground.

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

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.

The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.

When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.