Old Age Is By Nature Rather Talkative.

Without Your Knowledge, The Eyes And Ears Of Many Will See And Watch You, As They Have Done Already.

Let Art, Then, Imitate Nature, Find What She Desires, And Follow As She Directs. For In Invention Nature Is Never Last, Education Never First; Rather The Beginnings Of Things Arise From Natural Talent, And Ends Are Reached By Discipline.

Not To Know What Has Been Transacted In Former Times Is To Continue Always A Child.

It Is Necessary For A Senator To Be Thoroughly Acquainted With The Constitution; And This Is A Knowledge Of The Most Extensive Nature; A Matter Of Science, Of Diligence, Of Reflection, Without Which No Senator Can Possibly Be Fit For His Office.

What Fervent Love Of Herself Would Virtue Excite If She Could Be Seen!