It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
Either is both, and Both is neither.
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us.
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.