There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.

By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the winds.