Blessedness is not the reward of virtue$$$ but virtue itself.

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death$$$ and his wisdom is a meditation$$$ not on death$$$ but on life.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions$$$ not to weep at them$$$ nor to hate them$$$ but to understand them.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Vaine is the vaunt$$$ and victory unjust$$$ that more to mighty hands$$$ then rightfull cause doth trust.

Come$$$ Fate$$$ a friend at need$$$<br>Come with all speed!<br>Come$$$ my best friend$$$<br>And speed my end!<br>Away$$$ away!<br>Let me not look upon another day!

There is much that is strange$$$ but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness.

One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it$$$ you have no certainty until you try.

There is no greater evil than men's failure to consult and to consider.