The evils which were undermining the Republic bear so many striking resemblances to those which threaten the civic and national life of America to-da… - Cicero

For is there anything so absurd as to delight in many inanimate things, like public office, fame, and stately buildings, or dress and personal adornment, and to take little or no delight in a sentient being endowed with virtue and capable of loving, and — if I may so term it — of loving back?

Some people will say that memory fades away as the years pass. Of course it does if you don't exercise it or aren't very bright to begin with. — How to grow old: ancient wisdom for the second half of life.

The two conditions that lead others to languor – i.e. leisure and solitude – him made sharper.