Make your manners an silence you greatest reproofs. Be, as I have said, candid and open to all ; but familiar only with the sincere and good : for, by doing so, you will offend none, and have the choicest friends.
(Letter to Demonicus)
Isocrates
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Never emulate those who gain by injustice. If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed. When you design to ask any one's advice, consider how he has acted in his own behalf.
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