Money is human happiness in the abstract.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.
Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.
Our goal is to figure out a therapy for prion diseases.
I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.
Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it's noon with its merciless light, and every spot and pore and wrinkle and bristle stands clear.
Are we not all flung into the world for no other purpose than to hate each other, and so to torture ourselves and one another?