A Friend Should Be Like Money, Tried

The Man Who Is Completely Wise And Virtuous Has No Need Of Glory, Except So Far As It Disposes And Eases His Way To Action By The Greater Trust That It Procures Him.

Spintharus, Speaking In Commendation Of Epaminondas, Says He Scarce Ever Met With Any Man Who Knew More And Spoke Less.

Empire May Be Gained By Gold, Not Gold By Empire. It Used, Indeed, To Be A Proverb That "it Is Not Philip, But Philip's Gold That Takes The Cities Of Greece.

Nor Let Us Part With Justice, Like A Cheap And Common Thing, For A Small And Trifling Price.

The Drop Hollows Out The Stone Not By Strength, But By Constant Falling.