It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
It is well to be born either a king or a fool.
There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.