“If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.”

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.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.

When I die, I don’t want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that’s what happened yesterday.

When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.

I am a great believer in planning- economic, social, political, military, total world planning.

Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political aims.

That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.

You’re not a human till you’re in my phone book. There. My hat is now in the political ring.