Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Friends Quotes

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

It is bad advice that cannot be altered

It is bad advice that cannot be altered