The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light