I bend, but I do not break.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
Nothing weighs more than a secret.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.