A man who never trusts himself never trusts anyone.
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve.
Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.
The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes.
Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil.
The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.