Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.

You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.

The origin of all mankind was the same; it is only a clear and good conscience that makes a man noble, for that is derived from heaven itself.

The voice is nothing but beaten air.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.