The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

He who is brave is free.

In every good man a God doth dwell.

Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.