Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in the winde; But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale and woe; The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the same overthrowe.

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The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.

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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

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Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

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Kindness is produced by kindness.

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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

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Never injure a friend, even in jest.

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I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

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When war is raging the laws are dumb.

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Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

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War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

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There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

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To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.

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Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

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For he, indeed, who looks into the face of a friend beholds, as it were, a copy of himself.

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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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