The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Let the punishment match the offense.