To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.
Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.