Cicero

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and read more

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

Man is his own worst enemy.

Man is his own worst enemy.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

Virtue is its own reward.

Virtue is its own reward.