’Tis not in mortals to command success, But we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.

Here is a field open for talent; and here, merit will a have certain favor, and industry is graced with its due reward.

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.