Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata

He said that it gave him more joy to see those of the youth that blushed than those that blanched. [*](Cf. Moralia, 29 E and 528 F, and the Life of M. Cato, chap. ix. (341 C).)

He said that he hated a soldier who plied his hands in marching and his feet in fighting, and whose snore was louder than his battle-cry. [*](Life of M. Cato, ibid.)

He said that the worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself. [*](Cf. Moralia, 210 F (33), infra.)

He thought it especially necessary for every man to respect himself, since no man is ever separated from himself.

Seeing that statues were being set up in honour of many men, he said, As for myself, I had rather that men should ask why there is not a statue of Cato than why there is. [*](Cf. Moralia, 820 B, and the Life of M. Cato, chap. xix. (347 C).)

He charged those in power to be sparing of their authority, so that authority might continue always to be theirs.