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Age
Avarice 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.

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

Class
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

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

Death
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

Deceit
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

Diligence
Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.

Enemy
Man is his own worst enemy.

Ethics
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

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

Friendship
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. -- Cicero

Friendship
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words. -- Cicero

Glory
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. -- Cicero

Happiness
We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Honor
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought. -- Cicero

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

Labor
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

Liberty
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Life
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy. -- Cicero

Nature
Nature abhors annihilation. -- Cicero

Pleasure
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Society
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

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

Success
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by thelove of glory.

Success
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Virtue
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. -- Cicero