There is nothing which so poisons princes as flattery, nor anything whereby wicked men more easily obtain credit and favor with them.
I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet.
No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould
Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.