I have always been of the opinion that infamy earned by doing what is right is not infamy at all, but glory.

I will speak in a low voice, just so as to let the judges hear me. For men are not wanting who would be glad to excite that people against me and against every eminent man; and I will not assist them and enable them to do so more easily.

I am a Roman citizen.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Force overcome by force.

O immortal gods! Men do not realize how great a revenue parsimony can be!

since our leading men think themselves in a seventh heaven, if there are bearded mullets in their fish-ponds that will come to hand for food, and neglect everything else, do not you think that I am doing no mean service if I secure that those who have the power, should not have the will, to do any harm?

They are such fools that they seem to expect that, though the Republic is lost, their fish-ponds will be safe.

We should never take pleasure in causing pain to others, even to those who have wronged us, but rather strive to do good to all.