The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.