A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good. [Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
What valor cannot win, flattery may.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Take care that no one hates you justly.