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.
Through indecision opportunity is often lost.
An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.
It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores.