The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.

One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

Great things are won by great dangers.

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.