"Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?"

"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

"I transmit, but don't innovate. I am faithful to and love the ancients."

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"The gentleman is not concerned that he is not acknowledged, but rather that he should do something worthy of being acknowledged."