Persevere In Virtue And Diligence.

When Tarquin The Proud Was Asked What Was The Best Mode Of Governing A Conquered City, He Replied Only By Beating Down With His Staff All The Tallest Poppies In His Garden.

Better Late Than Never.

Truth Is Often Eclipsed But Never Extinguished.

Haste Is Blind And Improvident.

The Army From Asia Introduced A Foreign Luxury To Rome; It Was Then The Meals Began To Require More Dishes And More Expenditure . . . The Cook, Who Had Up To That Time Been Employed As A Slave Of Low Price, Become Dear: What Had Been Nothing But A Metier Was Elevated To An Art.