It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders.

For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have known how to speak not of one theme only, but of all; and therefore God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God himself is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us.

When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.