It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, "And, in my opinion Carthage should be destroyed." ["Delenda est Carthago."]

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.

Silence is an answer to a wise man.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.