It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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.