We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.

Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.