Gold Can Gild A Rotten Stick, And

Blasphemous Words Betray The Vain Foolishness Of The Speaker.

Whatever Comes Out Of Despair Cannot Bear The Title Of Valor, Which Should Be Lifted Up To Such A Height That Holding All Things Under Itself, It Should Be Able To Maintain Its Greatness, Even In The Midst Of Miseries.

Give Tribute, But Not Oblation, To Human Wisdom.

It Is No Less Vain To Wish Death Than It Is Cowardly To Fear It.

Self-love Is Better Than Any Gilding To Make That Seem Gorgeous Wherein Ourselves Be Parties.