Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.