Every man differs from another and day by day differs from himself.
When men, growing old, become benefactors, they only sacrifice to God the remains of the devil.
The best government is the one that governs as little as possible.
Silence is the bane of fools and the cunning of the wise.
The sea unites the countries it separates.
We would wonder less that our neighbors walk in bad company if we remembered that people usually do not seek companions to listen, but to talk.
Hope, which accompanies us all our lives, does not leave us even at the moment of death.
The most gullible people are the most serious.
Our opinions are like clocks: each shows a different time, but each man trusts his own.
Lack of modesty is a defect of the mind.
Some people learn nothing because they understand everything too quickly.
There is no microscope that magnifies so much as the eyes of the self-admirer
The importance God places on wealth can be seen by the people to whom he has given it.
To err is a trait of man, to forgive, of the gods.
Party spirit is a madness of the many for the benefit of the few.
Buying books just because they're printed by a famous publisher is like buying an out-of-season suit just because it's made by a famous tailor.
To get angry is to vent your anger for the wrongs of another.
The public is ignorant.
The mind is strengthened by exercise, and not by silence.
Words are like leaves: the tree that produces many leaves bears very little fruit.
To try to influence the vulgar man with gentle and refined words is like trying to carve a block of stone with a razor.
He who lies does not realize the weight of his mission, because he will have to lie twenty more times to support the first lie.
Man is as confused as his understanding is limited.
Faith does not exist without works: they are its measure.
Only he is worthy to be a leader, to whom the soldier blindly worships his life and honor.
We are magnanimous, with a broad hand when the blood of another flows, and not of the dear one!
Almighty love commands us and ignites the flame of passion in us. Whom we want to love, that, alas, we do not like; and the one we curse, makes our heart a prisoner.
All who are born in the world cherish Aphrodite.
If you feed a snake, you may be bitten by it when you have lengthened its days.
Leaving your destiny to the will of anger is not a wise thing to do.