Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.

Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?

Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.

No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.

Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.