Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”

“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”

“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.”

“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”

“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”

“Thrift is of great revenue.”

“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.”

“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”

“A home without books is a body without soul.”

“I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.”

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

“The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.”

“The more laws, the less justice.”

“Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.”

“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”

“It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.”

“Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.”

“Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.”

“There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.”

“The sinews of war are infinite money.”

“I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.”