Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.

The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.

Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.

Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?