Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
The gods love those of ordered soul.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Success is the reward for toil.
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach