“Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.”

Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.

An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.

I bend, but I do not break.

Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.

How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.

Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.

In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.

Nothing weighs more than a secret.

One often has need of one inferior to himself.

Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

You don’t want it to be a replica or an imitation.

Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.

Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.

Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.