The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

She soars on her own wings.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men.

A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.