"It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number."
- Cicero
"Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth." - Cicero
"Certain signs precede certain events." - Cicero
"I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own." - Cicero
"I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know." - Cicero
"When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff." - Cicero
"We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free." - Cicero
"For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant." - Cicero
"A happy life consists in tranquility of mind." - Cicero
"If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place." - Cicero
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues." - Cicero
"Man's best support is a very dear friend." - Cicero
"Loyalty is what we seek in friendship." - Cicero
"Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it." - Cicero
"Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice." - Cicero
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends." - Cicero
"As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful." - Cicero
"Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection." - Cicero
"We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory." - Cicero
"No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear." - Cicero
"To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace." - Cicero
"Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error." - Cicero
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