To One That Promised To Give Him

Apothegms Are The Most Infallible Mirror To Represent A Man Truly What He Is.

There Is No Stronger Test Of A Person's Character Than Power And Authority, Exciting As They Do Every Passion, And Discovering Every Latent Vice.

When The Strong Box Contains No More Both Friends And Flatterers Shun The Door.

When I Myself Had Twice Or Thrice Made A Resolute Resistance Unto Anger, The Like Befell Me That Did The Thebans; Who, Having Once Foiled The Lacedaemonians (who Before That Time Had Held Themselves Invincible), Never After Lost So Much As One Battle Which They Fought Against Them.

Water Continually Dropping Will Wear Hard Rocks Hollow.