Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present.

Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.

It is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Truth was always but the daughter of time.

My body is not a tomb for animals.

Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.