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

The beginnings of all things are small.

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

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.

Those who do not know history will forever remain children