I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.