Everybody Hates A Prodigy, Detests An Old

The Most Disadvantageous Peace Is Better Than The Most Just War.

What Is Popularly Called Fame Is Nothing But An Empty Name And A Legacy From Paganism.

A Nail Is Driven Out By Another Nail. Habit Is Overcome By Habit.

Jupiter, Not Wanting Man's Life To Be Wholly Gloomy And Grim, Has Bestowed Far More Passion Than Reason --you Could Reckon The Ration As Twenty-four To One. Moreover, He Confined Reason To A Cramped Corner Of The Head And Left All The Rest Of The Body To The Passions.

The Nearer People Approach Old Age The Closer They Return To A Semblance Of Childhood, Until The Time Comes For Them To Depart This Life, Again Like Children, Neither Tired Of Living Nor Aware Of Death.