From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
We risk all in being too greedy.