A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.