Nature clasps all her creatures in a universal embrace; there is not one of them which she has not plainly furnished with all means necessary to the conservation of its being.
In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice.
When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker.
We are all of us richer than we think we are.
Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.
This very Rome that we behold deserves our love ...: the only common and universal city.