An Ounce Of Prudence Is Worth A

Know How To Ask. There Is Nothing More Difficult For Some People, Nor For Others, Easier.

Man Is Born A Barbarian, And Only Raises Himself Above The Beast By Culture.

If You Are Wise, Live As You Can; If You Cannot, Live As You Would.

It Takes More To Make One Sage Today Than It Did To Make The Seven Of Greece. And You Need More Resources To Deal With A Single Person These Days Than With An Entire Nation In Times Past.

A Person Of Your Century: Great Persons Are Of Their Time. Not All Were Born Into A Period Worthy Of Them, And Many So Born Failed To Benefit By It. Some Merited A Better Century, For All That Is Good Does Not Always Triumph. Fashions Have Their Periods And Even The Greatest Virtues, Their Styles. But The Philosopher, Being Ageless, Has One Advantage: Should This Not Prove The Right Century, Many To Follow Will.