There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

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