Virtue Is Its Own Reward.

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.

Brevity Is A Great Charm Of Eloquence.

Even While Jerusalem Was Standing And The Jews Were At Peace With Us, The Practice Of Their Sacred Rites Was At Variance With The Glory Of Our Empire, The Dignity Of Our Name, The Customs Of Our Ancestors.

I Am Not Ashamed To Confess That I Am Ignorant Of What I Do Not Know.

There Has Never Been A Poet Or Orator Who Thought Another Better Than Himself.