By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
Whatever is unknown is magnified.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.