The Abject Pleasure Of An Abject Mind

The Thirst After Fame Is Greater Than That After Virtue; For Who Embraces Virtue If You Take Away Its Rewards?

Let Me Moderate Our Sorrows. The Grief Of A Man Should Not Exceed Proper Bounds, But Be In Proportion To The Blow He Has Received. [lat., Ponamus Nimios Gemitus: Flagrantior Aequo Non Debet Dolor Esse Viri, Nec Vulnere Major.]

Of The Woes Of Unhappy Poverty, None Is More Difficult To Bear Than That It Heaps Men With Ridicule.

Rarely Do We Meet In One Combined, A Beauteous Body And A Virtuous Mind.

One Has No Protecting Power Save Prudence. [lat., Nullum Numen Habes Si Sit Prudentia.]