Nihil in ortu perfectum."

He died on the 14th of September and by his orders the words Hic jacet pulvis, cinis, et nihil were put on his tomb.

The author in his preface states - " Veterum scriptorum sententias in unum quasi cumulum coaceruaui, de meo nihil addidi."

" Miracula sine doctrina nihil valent " is the principle now generally recognized.

" Nihil omnino est praeter individuum, sed et illud aliter et aliter attentum species et genus et generalissimum est."