The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Life is nothing without friendship.

The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

True nobility is exempt from fear.