Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.

Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.

Wisdom triumphs over chance.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon length of days as one of the least of nature's gifts; which is able to suffer every kind of hardship, is proof against anger, craves for nothing, and reckons the trials and gruelling labours of Hercules as more desirable blessings than the amorous ease and the banquets and cushions of Sardanapallus. The things that I recommend you can grant to yourself.

Nature and wisdom always say the same.

Death alone discloses how insignificant are the puny bodies of men.