Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.