Ask advice of him who governs himself well.
Fame alone raises herself to Heaven, because virtuous things are in favour with God.
Inequality is the cause of all local movements.
That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs.
Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.