Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

I determine nothing; I do not comprehend things; I suspend judgment; I examine.

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

Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.