That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.

The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing. The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base.

Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her.

The five senses are the ministers of the soul.

We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.