Of The Book Of Books

Taste Is Only To Be Educated By Contemplation, Not Of The Tolerably Good But Of The Truly Excellent. I Therefore Show You Only The Best Works; And When You Are Grounded In These, You Will Have A Standard For The Rest, Which You Will Know How To Value, Without Overrating Them.

Love Of Truth Shows Itself In This, That A Man Knows How To Find And Value The Good In Everything.

And Future Deeds Crowded Round Us As The Countless Stars In The Night. [ger., Und Kunftige Thaten Drangen Wie Die Sterne Rings Um Uns Her Unzahlig Aus Der Nacht.]

One Must Be Something, In Order To Do Something.

A Noble Person Attracts Noble People, And Knows How To Hold On To Them.