I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.

A man has no enemy worse than himself.

Generosity should never exceed ability.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.