“It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.”

I love treason but hate a traitor.

Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one’s army.

He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.

The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Rainy days only give birth to more flowers.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.

Positive feeling helps you keep an optimistic outlook through difficult situations.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

Be Thankful for the hard times, for they have made you.

What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.