Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong that money cannot take it by storm. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“There is a story that Simonides was dining at the house of a wealthy nobleman named Scopas at Crannon in Thessaly, and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image