Cicero

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

To each his own.

Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you:

you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.