"I would contend that someone of Latin origin will find no other foster fathers, if the Greeks are excluded; after all…"

"If among almost all peoples it is a law that the greatest gratitude is owed to those by whom you are educated."

"Whoever neglects Greek literature will entirely lack this means of help which your ancestors used to draw from the Gr…"

"Especially you, seem to have approached antiquity more closely than the other city states of Italy regarding your des…"

"[The Romans] were trained through the laws of the Greeks, through the customs of the Greeks. Through our disciplines,…"

"The serenity of our faces and the happiness of our hearts are the greatest testimony to the appearance of majesty. Fo…"

"The environment men create through their wants becomes a mirror that reflects their civilization; more importantly it…"

"An admirable Electra was the youthful Alessandra; admirable for the manner in which she, an Italian, pronounced the s…"

"At last I have found that which I desired, that which I have always sought, the love long sighed for, the love beheld…"