Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.