A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.

[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

Be not solitary, be not idle

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.