What is dignity without honesty?

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.