Cicero: “Bad men must have the fear of punishment before their eyes: a punishment not less severe for those who follow than for…”

Now, those who care for the interests of a part of the citizens and neglect another part, introduce into the civil service a dangerous element--dissension and party strife.

He was wrong; for deceit does not remove the guilt of perjury--it merely aggravates it. #The ancient Roman discipline.# His cunning that impudently tried to masquerade as prudence was, therefore, only folly.

For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a pre-eminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.

Whether we do the kindness or not is optional; but to fail to requite one is not allowable to a good man, provided he can make the requital without violating the rights of others.