Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.

When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.

There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.