Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. [Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory

His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non pervererint.]