Cicero
Avarice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
age
Cicero
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
class
Cicero
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
death
Cicero
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
death
Cicero
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
friendship
Cicero
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
friendship
Cicero
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
friendship
Cicero
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
glory
Cicero
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
glory
Cicero
We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
happiness
Cicero
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
honor
Cicero
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
justice
Cicero
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
labor
Cicero
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
liberty
Cicero
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
life
Cicero
Nature abhors annihilation.
nature
Cicero
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
pleasure
Cicero
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
society
Cicero
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
soul
Cicero
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
success
Cicero
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by thelove of glory.
success
Cicero
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
virtue