We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.
I was born, have lived, and will die free.
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.
You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.
Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.
Every man is his own worst enemy