Begin with another's to end with your own.
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence.
The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.
There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art.