If you want to be loved, be loveable.
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
Adde, quod ingรฉnues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle.
Pursuits become habits.
Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.
It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.