Human nature craves novelty.

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.

As in our lives so also in our studies, it is most becoming and most wise, so to temper gravity with cheerfulness, that the former may not imbue our minds with melancholy, nor the latter degenerate into licentiousness.

The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.