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When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
He has committed the crime who profits by it.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
The good of the people is the greatest law.
I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.
A home without books is a body without soul.
Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Time meanwhile is flying, flying beyond recall.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.