The Counsels Of Old Age

Clearness Is The Ornament Of Deep Thought.

Courage Is Adversity's Lamp.

It Is In Our Own Mind And Not In Exterior Objects That We Perceive Most Things; Fools Know Scarcely Anything Because They Are Empty, And Their Heart Is Narrow; But Great Souls Find In Themselves A Number Of Exterior Things; They Have No Need To Read Or Travel Or To Listen Or To Work To Discover The Highest Truths; They Have Only To Delve Into Themselves And Search, If We May Say So, Their Own Thoughts.

We Must Expect Everything And Fear Everything From Time And From Men.

Hatred Is Keener Than Friendship, Less Keen Than Love.