Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy.

...The body is affected by the image of the thing, in the same way as if the thing were actually present.

Desire is the essence of a man.

If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune.

If anyone conceives, that an object of his love joins itself to another with closer bonds of friendship than he himself has attained to, he will be affected with hatred towards the loved object and with envy towards his rival.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.