To some extent I liken slavery to death.
Dogs wait for us faithfully.
Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.
Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.