The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die.

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Words will build no walls.

When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.