Cicero

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

We are born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

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

The fatherland is the common parent of us all. - Patria est communis omnium parens