Philo

“A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial”. –Philo

Lucian

“Criticism is twofold: that which teaches us what we are to choose, and that which teaches us what to avoid”. –Lucian

Apuleius

“Familiarity breeds contempt, but privacy excites interest”. –Apuleius

Nero

“Hidden talent counts for nothing”. –Nero

Hannibal

“God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt for death”. –Hannibal

Galen

“The fact is that those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn”. –Galen

Quintilian

“Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish”. –Quintilian

Livy

“Shared danger is the strongest of all bonds; it keeps men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion”. –Livy

Virgil

“Time bears away all things, even our minds”. –Virgil

Polybius

“When a state after having passed with safety through many and great dangers arrives at the higher degree of power, and possesses an entire and undisputed sovereignty, it is manifest that the long continuance of prosperity must give birth to costly and luxurious manners…” –Polybius

Jerome

“Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, ‘Why do you not practice what you preach?'”. –Jerome

Claudius

“No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing”. –Claudius

Varro

“No sick man’s monstrous dream can be so wild that some philosopher won’t say it’s true”. –Varro

Marcus Aurelius

“Do every act in life as if it was your last”. –Marcus Aurelius

Julius Cæsar

“Men willingly believe what they wish”. –Julius Cæsar

Juvenal

“Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence”. –Juvenal

Arrian

“Our enemies are Medes and Persians; men who, for centuries, have lived soft and luxurious lives. We, of Macedon, for generations past, have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves”. –Arrian

Tacitus

“To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace”. –Tacitus

Augustus Cæsar

“Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young”. –Augustus Cæsar