If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.