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

That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us.

For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

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