A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
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.
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
What valor cannot win, flattery may.
We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar.
When you are at sea, keep clear of the land.