Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.