Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
Instead of using medicine, better fast today.
Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.
As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is too much intent upon them; they vex and stir up anger, which begets an evil habit in him in reference to greater affairs.
There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.
When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.