When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.