One can really love only once.
Every man is his own worst enemy
Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.
You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.
It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.
It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.