Marcus Tullius Cicero

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Empire and liberty.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.