He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness.. (Pravis Assuescere Sermonibus Est Via Ad Rem Ipsam)
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.
Unity in things necessary, liberty in things doubtful, charity in everything.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
Dare to be wise. (Sapere Aude)