So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition! — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I wonder that a soothsayer doesn’t laugh whenever he sees another soothsayer. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present. — Marcus Tullius Cicero