There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is never so easily over-reached as when he is contriving to over-reach others.