Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.
Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.
And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.
To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.