I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
It is opportunity that makes the thief.
The man who can be compelled knows not how to die.
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent