We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

Cato, being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow, quietly said to him, "A contest between us is very unequal, for thou canst bear ill language with ease, and return it with pleasure; but to me it is unusual to hear, and disagreeable to speak it." There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.