"Nothing is so catching as example...." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride.”

“A readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.”

“The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.”

“That which we are, we are all the while teaching, not voluntarily, but involuntarily.”

“Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.”

“Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors”

“There is not a need to prove anything to anyone with your words. Let that which you are - that which you are living - be your clear example to uplift others.”

“Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.”

“Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.”