Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.

All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.

I am going to seek a great perhaps.

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

Go, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth, do not be beguiledby these idle and useless pilgrimages. See to your families, and work, each one of you, in your vocation, raise your children, and live as the good Apostle Paul teaches you.

If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.

All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.