The greater the man's soul, the deeper he loves.
The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.
That which has no limitations, has no form.
Weight is caused by one element being situated in another; and it moves by the shortest line towards its centre, not by its own choice, not because the centre draws it to itself, but because the other intervening element cannot withstand it.
Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.