Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
No man in his senses will dance.
To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.