Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.

Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?

Real excellence, indeed, is most recognized when most openly looked into.

I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing.