True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.

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.

Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.

The way to good conduct is never too late.

The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.

He worships God who knows him.

I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.