Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind."

"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age."

"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured."

"Hatred is settled anger."

"A man of courage is also full of faith."

"The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct."

"True nobility is exempt from fear."

"Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive."

"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."

"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."

"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."

"A friend is, as it were, a second self."

"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."

"Brevity is a great charm of eloquence."

"While there's life, there's hope."

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

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

"To live is to think."

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

"The sinews of war are infinite money."

"The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil."

"Peace is liberty in tranquillity."

"An unjust peace is better than a just war."

"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world."

"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness."

"Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty."

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

"So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge."

"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself."

"The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk."

"Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself."

"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."

"The safety of the people shall be the highest law."

"Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense."

"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable."

"To some extent I liken slavery to death."