No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.

A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.

To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.