By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.

Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short-lived.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.