Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.

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

The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.