We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
