One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.

Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.

Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places of the earth, some harassed by spirits. Under all circumstances they suffer with the irrational part of their nature, with which they also sinned. For its sake there subsists that shadowy body which is seen about graves, especially the graves of evil livers.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.