I know that you have plenty of spirit; for even before you began to equip yourself with maxims which were wholesome and potent to overcome obstacles, you were taking pride in your contest with Fortune; and this is all the more true, now that you have grappled with Fortune and tested your...

Wherever I turn, I see evidences of my advancing years. I visited lately my country-place, and protested against the money which was spent on the tumble-down building. My bailiff maintained that the flaws were not due to his own carelessness; “he was doing everything possible, but the house was...

Your friend and I have had a conversation. He is a man of ability; his very first words showed what spirit and understanding he  possesses, and what progress  he  has  already made. He  gave  me  a foretaste, and he will not fail to answer thereto. For he spoke not from forethought, but was...