Begin with another's to end with your own.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art.

The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.

The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.