The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

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

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light

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

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.