A Prudent Man Will Think

Respect Yourself If You Would Have Others Respect You.

Honorable Beginnings Should Serve To Awaken Curiosity, Not To Heighten People's Expectations. We Are Much Better Off When Reality Surpasses Our Expectations, And Something Turns Out Better Than We Thought It Would.

You May Be Obliged To Wage War, But Not To Use Poisoned Arrows.

The More Merit, The Less Affection.

Nothing Arouses Ambition So Much In The Heart As The Trumpet-clang Of Another's Fame.