Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.