It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
Evil report carries further than any applause.
Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.