Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown?
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection.
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.