As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.
Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)
A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.