To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history.

Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich.

There is no royal road or ready way to virtue.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

God hath varied the inclinations of men according to the variety of actions to be performed.