Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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In times of war, the law falls silent.

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Calamus fortior gladio.

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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.

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There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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Pardon is granted to necessity.

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What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

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We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel toward their friends as they do toward themselves, and whatever labor they would encounter with a view to their own pleasure, they will encounter also for the sake of their friends.

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Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

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Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening?

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Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

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Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

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Our thoughts are free.

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The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]

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For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

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