One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. Epictetus
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. George Orwell
The hand that gives is also the one that receives. Persian Proverb
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Italian Proverb
The mouth that eats pepper is the one that the pepper influences. Nigerian Proverb