These auspicious aspects, which the astrologers subsequently interpreted for me, may have been the causes of my preservation.

Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.

No wonder we are all more or less pleased with mediocrity, since it leaves us at rest, and gives the same comfortable feeling as when one associates with his equals.

Limitation of aims is the mother of wisdom and the secret of achievement.

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.