Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by 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.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

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

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

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

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

The more laws, the less justice.

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

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

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.