Life without the courage for death is slavery.

Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

Luck never made a man wise.

Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most.

The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.