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- A friend is, as it were, a second self.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Amicitia
- Endless money forms the sinews of war.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Philippics
- Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
(Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex) - Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- 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.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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