You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.
Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.
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.
We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.
I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women
Ignorance is not innocence.