Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.