Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

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.

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

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

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

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

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.

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

A man of courage is also full of faith.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

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