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

For the wise man, every day is a festival.

The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements.

The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

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.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.