There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.

There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death.

Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.