He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.

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

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.

Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.

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