A liar is full of oaths.
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
The worst of all States is the democratic State.
What destroys one man preserves another.
How sweet to die after one's enemies.
Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful.