A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

He who has lived a day has lived an age.

Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.

Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.