Cicero: “I seem already to see the people estranged from the Senate, and the most important affairs at the mercy of the…”

It is, therefore, an excellent rule that they give who bid us not to do a thing, when there is a doubt whether it be right or wrong; for righteousness shines with a brilliance of its own, but doubt is a sign that we are thinking of a…

Such acts of generosity are not to be so highly esteemed as those which are performed with judgment, deliberation, and mature consideration.

But for the most part, people are led to wrong-doing in order to secure some personal end; in this vice, avarice is generally the controlling motive.

Again, there are certain duties that we owe even to those who have wronged us.