Fortune favours the audacious.

Prevention is better than cure.

They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist.

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.