To govern was to serve, not to rule.

Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.

Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.

The whole discord of this world consists in discords.