Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow.

There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to beauty.

My joy in friends, those sacred people, is my consolation.

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!

I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.