Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.