Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.
Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.
What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.