You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.