I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.
Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.