Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.
Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
The majority is wicked.
Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.
It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.