He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.

Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.