Seek Not To Shine By Borrow'd Lights

Of What Use Are Pedigrees, Or To Be Thought Of Noble Blood, Or The Display Of Family Portraits, O Ponticus?

All Things May Be Bought In Rome With Money.

No One Becomes Depraved All At Once.

Of The Woes Of Unhappy Poverty, None Is More Difficult To Bear Than That It Heaps Men With Ridicule.

Dare To Do Things Worthy Of Imprisonment If You Mean To Be Of Consequence.