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.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
Dangerous he who thinks it safe to die!
It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores.
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
No one knows what it is that he can do until he tries.