Seneca

A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

About his father: Devoted to the tradition of his ancestors -Maiorum consuetudini deditus

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

The best ideas are common property.

It is not goodness to be better than the worst. -Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem

Mere life is not a blessing, but to live well.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.

It is well to be born either a king or a fool.

Love of bustle is not industry.