"There is a certain virtue in every..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“To freemen, threats are impotent.[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]”

“It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”

“Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.”

“Let thy vices die before thee.”

“A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.”

“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.”

“Of all crimes the worstIs to steal the gloryFrom the great and brave,Even more accursedThan to rob the grave.”

“The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.”

“Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.”