For Surely To Be Wise

Nothing Is More Noble, Nothing More Venerable Than Fidelity. Faithfulness And Truth Are The Most Sacred Excellences And Endowments Of The Human Mind.

Let A Man Practice The Profession Which He Best Knows.

Let Art, Then, Imitate Nature, Find What She Desires, And Follow As She Directs. For In Invention Nature Is Never Last, Education Never First; Rather The Beginnings Of Things Arise From Natural Talent, And Ends Are Reached By Discipline.

Never Go To Excess, But Let Moderation Be Your Guide.

For Many Wish Not So Much To Be, As To Seem To Be, Endowed With Real Virtue.