Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.