Man naturally yearns for novelty.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

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

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

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.

Chance is a second master.

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.