Cicero

Let the punishment match the offense.

The power of the people is more often increased by the follies of their rulers than by their own efforts.

For as I like a young man in whom there is something of the old, so I like an old man in whom there is something of the young; and he who follows this maxim, in body will possibly be an old man, but he will never be an old man in mind.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

The rule of law is more powerful than the rule of men.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.

Peace is liberty in tranquility.

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled.

The beginnings of all things are small.

The greater a man's ambition, the more he is in the power of fortune.

There is nothing so absurd that it has not been said by some philosopher.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

For law is the bond of civil society, and justice is the equality of rights.

The magistrates are the ministers of the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we may be free.

A nation's best defense is an educated citizenry.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manners that laws may be maintained.