Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.

There is no power greater than true affection.

This is the difference between us Romans and the Etruscans: We believe that lightning is caused by clouds colliding, whereas they believe that clouds collide in order to create lightning. Since they attribute everything to gods, they are led to believe not that events have a meaning because they have happened, but that they happen in order to express a meaning.

Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.

Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.