In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina

I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement

We can learn even from our enemies.

Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly.

God himself helps those who dare.

I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love.