Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.