Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.

He listens well who takes notes.

There is no greater sorrow<br>Than to be mindful of the happy time<br>In misery.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Ask advice only of your equals.

He who comes first, eats first. [Familiar as: First come first served.]

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.