Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Wisdom is only found in truth.
It is delivery that makes the orators success.
If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole.
A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.