To be thoroughly imbued, with the liberal arts refines the manners, and makes men to be mild and gentle in their conduct.
Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle.
Put faith in one who's had experience.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all.
To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.