There is no genius without a mixture of madness.

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.

Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more that earthenware.

A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.

We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. -Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur

The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.