Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.
We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.
The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.
There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.