Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is, when by patience it approveth what it works.
It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
The mind makes the nobleman, and uplifts the lowly to high degree.
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.