A hated government does not long survive.
Do everything as in the eye of another.
Small sorrows speak great ones are silent.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a living tomb.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.