It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal. Cicero
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free. Cicero
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. Cicero
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. Cicero
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are! Cicero