But yesterday the word of Caesar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence.
—Shakespeare.
1986
I had rather be the first man in the village than the second man in Rome.
—Caesar.
1987
If you have performed an act of great and disinterested virtue, conceal it; if you publish it, you will neither be believed here nor rewarded hereafter.
1988
If there's a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.