The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
... the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.