The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.

While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.