Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
Teach the art of living well.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.
Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.