“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.”
More from Cicero
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“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”
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“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”
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“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”
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“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”
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“We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.”