There is not on earth a spectacle more worthy the regard of a Creator intent on his works, than a brave man superior to his sufferings.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.

Allegories, when well chosen, are like so many tracks of light in a discourse, that make everything about them clear and beautiful.

There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and satires that are written with wit and spirit are like poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable.

If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.