The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.