The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.