For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.
The authors of great evils know best how to remove them.
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.
Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.
Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.