It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.
Pleasure is the bait of sin
Wine fills the heart with courage.
Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.