Sublime

There are extraneous occupations which eat away precious time. To be occupied in what does not concern you is worse than doing nothing. It is not enough for a careful man not to interfere with others, he must see that they do not interfere with him. One is not obliged to belong so much to all as not to belong at all to oneself.

To seek advice does not lessen greatness or argue incapacity. On the contrary, to ask advice proves you well advised. Take counsel with reason it you do not wish to court defeat.

Never be put out. ‘Tis a great aim of prudence never to be embarrassed. It is the sign of a real man.

Let every one have before his mind the chief of his calling not so much to follow him as to spur himself on.

He did the best in any one's power: he resolutely kept to his own business, and, neither heating nor resting, worked at his own high aims, in the struggle not merely to learn and to know, but to act and to do.

4.1 Humility This is the most important quality in a leader. Ego is the biggest killer in combat, business, and life.

Never set to work at anything if you have any doubts of its Prudence.

Cicero famously defined the orator as “a good man skilled in speaking.”