Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.