By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.

But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.