Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things.
Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.
There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit
Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.
The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.
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.