An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.
As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power over men perishes completely if justice begins to be observed, and respect for individual rights overcomes strongholds.