No Man Becomes Bad All At Once.

It Is Not Easy For Men To Rise Whose Qualities Are Thwarted By Poverty.

The Fisherman Could Perhaps Be Bought For Less Than The Fish.

Rarely They Rise By Virtue's Aid Who Lie Plunged In The Depth Of Helpless Poverty.

One Man Meets An Infamous Punishment For That Crime Which Confers A Diadem On Others.

Virtue Is The Only And True Nobility. [lat., Nobilitas Sola Est Atque Unica Virtus.]