When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.
If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.
In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.
To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.