The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven.
So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.
If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.