The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

Never any knowledge was delivered in the same order it was invented.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar.

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.

There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him "Was your mother never at Rome?" He answered "No Sir; but my father was."

Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth.