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.
There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.
Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
Be harsh with yourself at times.
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
There is no power greater than true affection.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Truth never perishes.
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent.
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.