Cicero

"Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it."

- Cicero, ancient Roman orator, politician and author

Cicero

"Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."

- Cicero, ancient Roman orator, politician and author

Cicero

"There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it"

- Cicero, ancient Roman orator, politician and author

Cicero

"A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation."

- Cicero, ancient Roman orator, politician and author