It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.

A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.

Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!

Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.