Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta
Body and Face
The countenance is the portrait of the mind, the eyes are its informers.Cicero: De Oratore
Companionship
If a man could mount to heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had some one to share in his pleasure.Cicero: De Amicitia
Custom and Tradition
Oh, the times! Oh, the customs! (O tempora!O mores!)Cicero: In Catilinam
Fame
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta
Friends and Friendship
A friend is, as it were, a second self.Cicero: De Amicitia
History
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?Cicero: Orator
Inspiration
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.Cicero: De Natura Deorum
Justice
Justice shines by its own light.Cicero: De Officiis
Novelty
Nothing quite new is perfect.Cicero: Brutus
Philosophy
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.Cicero: De Divinatione
Punishment
Let the punishment match the offense.Cicero: De Legibus
War
Laws are silent in time of war.Cicero: Pro Milone
War and Peace
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.Cicero: De Officiis