We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.

Life is long if you know how to use it.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

One hand washes the other.

Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium