False shame only is harmful.
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.