He who does not prevent a crime 

when he can, 

encourages it.

Virtue is nothing else than right reason.

The mind unlearns with difficulty 

what it has long learned.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Love 

in its essence 

is spiritual fire.

Desultory reading is delightful, 

but to be beneficial, 

our reading must be carefully directed.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgement.

No man was ever wise by chance.