Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
A man of courage is also full of faith.
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
Life is nothing without friendship.
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
