“For he (Cato) gives his opinion as if he were in Plato's Republic, not in Romulus' cesspool.”

“In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.”

“What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.”

“He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.”

“He must protect the lives and interests of the people, appeal to his fellow citizens' patriotic interests, and, in general, set the welfare of the community above his own”

“Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.”

“Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.”