What's well begun is half done.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
All things considered, nothing is beautiful.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
The glory is for those who deserve.
Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.