“The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?”

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.

Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.

I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.

Young Baby Boomers were forced to play duck-and-cover in school, in hopes that a desk would protect them from an atomic explosion. It was all bullshit, and they knew it.

Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.

Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.

One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?

We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.