"He has no other recommendation, save an..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.”

“As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.”

“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”

“There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.”

“Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.”

“Truth, like light is dazzling. By contrast, untruth is a beautiful sunset that enhances everything.”

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

“Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: 'Basement?'”

“Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.”