Quotes, Quotations and Sayings

The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

Friends are proved by adversity.

There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

There is nothing so ridiculous absurd* but some philosopher has said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.

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.

No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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

To the sick, while there is life there is hope.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

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

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

No Sane man will dance.

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

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.

Life is nothing without friendship.

Ability without honor is useless.

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

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.