Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.