Men practice war; beasts do not.

Familiarity reduces the greatness of things.

[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.

We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.

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