Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.