Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adversaries, since they go into battle ready to throw away their lives.
Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.
Memmius would only be useless to him for a short time, but that he would remain useless to himself and the Republic forever.