The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Fortune favours the bold.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.