Fear Of The Future Is Worse Than

Ambition Is A Vice, But It May Be The Father Of Virtue.

Though Ambition In Itself Is A Vice, Yet It Is Often The Parent Of Virtues. [lat., Licet Ipsa Vitium Sit Ambitio, Frequenter Tamen Causa Virtutem Est.]

Consequently The Student Who Is Devoid Of Talent Will Derive No More Profit From This Work Than Barren Soil From A Treatise On Agriculture.

Men, Even When Alone, Lighten Their Labors By Song, However Rude It May Be.

It Is Fitting That A Liar Should Be A Man Of Good Memory.