We need but little learning to live happily.
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
It is an ill wind that does not blow some good. For example, it is well to be born in a decadent age; for one may obtain a reputation for virtue at a bargain price.
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
