When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he'll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.
The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.
Don't give your advice before you are called upon.
Fools are without number.
It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.