He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.

How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!

Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

He who has great power should use it lightly.