Only a great man, believe me, and one whose excellence rises far above human failings, will not allow anything to be stolen from his own span of time, and his life is very long precisely because he has devoted to himself entirely any time that became available. None of it lay uncultivated and idle, none was under another man's control, for guarding it most jealously, he found nothing worth exchanging for his own precious time.

What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?

All that lies betwixt the cradle and the grave is uncertain.

Make haste to live, and consider each day a life.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.