Marcus Tullius Cicero Good Quotations

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust

It is hard for the good to suspect evil as it is hard for the bad to suspect good.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men