Barba Non Facit Philosophum

Character Is Long-standing Habit.

Good Birth Is A Fine Thing, But The Merit Is Our Ancestors.

The Conduct Of A Wise Politician Is Ever Suited To The Present Posture Of Affairs. Often By Foregoing A Part He Saves The Whole, And By Yielding In A Small Matter Secures A Greater.

The Flatterer's Object Is To Please In Everything He Does; Whereas The True Friend Always Does What Is Right, And So Often Gives Pleasure, Often Pain, Not Wishing The Latter, But Not Shunning It Either, If He Deems It Best.

Xenophon Says That There Is No Sound More Pleasing Than One's Own Praises.