It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher.

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

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

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