you wish to please me, and to bring success and honour to yourself, do right and study, because others will help you if you help yourself."
one change always leaves the toothing for another.
Lorenzo Di Piero De’ Medici
This will turn out well for you, but it is necessary for you to study; since, then, you have no longer the excuse of illness, take pains to study letters and music, for you see what honour is done to me for the little skill I have.
their chief aim was to appear well dressed and to speak with wit and acuteness, whilst he
Therefore, my son, if you wish to please me, and to bring success and honour to yourself, do right and study, because others will help you if you help yourself.”
who could wound others the most cleverly was thought the wisest.”