More from Cato the Elder

  1. Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
  2. Do not expect good from another's death.
  3. Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
  4. Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
  5. Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
  6. From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
  7. Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth
  8. Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

All Cato the Elder quotes