Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

It's not victory if it doesn't end the war.

I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content; and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality

Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.