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
To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Whatever is unknown is magnified.