"A fair exterior is a silent recommendation."
- Publilius Syrus
"It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it."
"No one reaches a high position without daring."
"From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own."
"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid."
"If you wish to reach the highest begin at the lowest."
"The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self."