“He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another’s lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.”

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.

One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.

Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.

One man by delaying saved the state for us.

That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.

A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.

A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.

Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.

Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

They hate whom they fear.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.

If you want someone to miss you, go secretly and spray your fragrance somewhere.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.

It would not be amiss for the novice to write the last paragraph of his story first, once a synopsis of the plot has been carefully prepared – as it always should be.

Of all the things I’ve lost I miss my mind the most.

I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?