Cicero

"Times are changed; we must change with them."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."

"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."

"There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it."

"The good of the people is the chief law."

"Virtue is its own reward."

"Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by robbing others."

"The warmth of a grateful heart is the greatest blessing."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make acceptable to the masses."

"An angry man opens his mouth and closes his eyes."

"Cowardice is the only sin."

"The greatest pleasure is when duty and inclination meet."

"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery."

"Without the company of friends, no one would want to live."

"Men are not to be measured by their coat-tails."

"How shameful it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."

"While there is life, there is hope."

"The pursuit of honor is the source of all activity."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's ear drums from bursting, but anything more than this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"Nothing can be unlearned."

"The pretense of knowledge is the greatest obstacle to discovery."

"The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity."

"No one can live happily who looks only to himself and turns everything to his own advantage."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but he whose desires are too great."

"There is nothing in the world so important as friendship."