Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
Your silence gives consent.
Even the gods love jokes.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
The combat of life is greater than every other earthly combat.
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.