By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to 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.
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.