Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
All men by nature desire to know.