There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.