I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
Dignity increases more easily than it begins.
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.
Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?
Who timidly requests invites refusal.