Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned.
Desire is the very essence of man
A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil.
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
Sadness diminishes a man's powers
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.