One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.

Don't just think, do.

Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

Why then should words challenge Eternity, When greatest men, and greatest actions die? Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish those that now are most in vogue; Use is the judge, the law, and rule of speech.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.