What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another’s fame.

The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.

Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.

Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.

If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.

Art is not essential where nature is sufficient.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.