A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.

We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that's why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted.

Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.