numquam vacat lascivire districtis, nihilque tam certum est quam otii vitia negotio discuti. - Seneca

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Do you seek Alcides' equal? None is, except himself.

My master Attalus used to say: "Evil herself drinks the largest portion of her own poison." The poison which serpents carry for the destruction of others, and secrete without harm to themselves, is not like this poison; for this sort is ruinous to the possessor.