Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature. - Plutarch

For good natural parts are impaired by sloth; while inferior ability is mended by training: and while simple things escape the eyes of the careless, difficult things are reached by painstaking.

Човек, достигнал пълно съвършенство, изобщо не се нуждае от слава,
освен дотолкова, доколкото тя улеснява началото на всяко дело, като създава
доверие.

Young men," said Cæsar, "hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.