He follows his father with unequal steps.
[Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.]

He follows his father with unequal steps.
[Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.]

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

A good example has twice the value of good advice

A good example has twice the value of good advice

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others;
it is the only means.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others;
it is the only means.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving
from the people the sacred trust read more

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving
from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious
predecessor.

Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, read more

Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obey'd.

Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?

Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for read more

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for ourselves.
[Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium
Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.]

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set read more

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example