The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

Calamus fortior gladio.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.