Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.
Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails.
It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.