In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.