When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.