“Antipater, in a letter written upon the death of Aristotle, the philosopher, observes, "Amongst his other gifts he had that of persuasiveness"; and the absence of this in the character of Marcius made all his great actions and noble qualities unacceptable to those whom they benifited: pride, and self-will, the consort, as Plato calls it, of solitude, made him insufferable. With the skill which Alcibiades, on the contrary, possessed to treat every one in the way most agreeable to him, we cannot wonder that all his successes were attended with the most exuberant favour and honour; his very errors, at time, being accompanied by something of grace and felicity. And so in spite of great and frequent hurt that he had done the city, he was repeatedly appointed to office and command; while Coriolanus stood in vain for a place which his great services had made his due. The one, in spite of the harm he occasioned, could not make himself hated, nor the other, with all the admiration he attracted, succeed in being beloved by his countrymen.”

“Antipater, in a letter written upon the death of Aristotle, the philosopher, observes, "Amongst his other gifts he had that of persuasiveness"; and the absence of this in the character of Marcius made all his great actions and noble qualities unacceptable to those whom they benifited: pride, and self-will, the consort, as Plato calls it, of solitude, made him insufferable. With the skill which Alcibiades, on the contrary, possessed to treat every one in the way most agreeable to him, we cannot wonder that all his successes were attended with the most exuberant favour and honour; his very errors, at time, being accompanied by something of grace and felicity. And so in spite of great and frequent hurt that he had done the city, he was repeatedly appointed to office and command; while Coriolanus stood in vain for a place which his great services had made his due. The one, in spite of the harm he occasioned, could not make himself hated, nor the other, with all the admiration he attracted, succeed in being beloved by his countrymen.”

“I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.”

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”

“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. ”

“Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.”

“No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.”

“I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.”

“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”

“The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.”

“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”