Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.
No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.