There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Retain the wind by compressing the belly.

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

There is no joy in possession without sharing.