Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

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

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

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.