He is less likely to be mistaken who looks forward to a change in the affairs of the world than he who regards them as firm and stable.

There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

...be more guided by hope than fear.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.