He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
That which takes effect by chance is not an art.
We are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it.
Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth.