Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
There are laws for peace as well as war.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.