A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A home without books is a body without soul.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A letter does not blush.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man of courage is also full of faith.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ability without honor is useless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
Marcus Tullius Cicero


An unjust peace is better than a just war.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Before beginning, plan carefully.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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