It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.