Example

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow

None but blockheads copy each other

Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do

As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head