Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.

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."]

Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.