There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?