"By the slow process of time, the hardest things are softened."

"The gods are on the side of the stronger."

"To put it briefly, we possess nothing that isn't mortal, except the benefits of the heart and the mind."

"Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel."

"Quamdiu stabit Capitolium, stabit Roma; quando cadet Capitolium, cadet Roma; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus."