How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.