The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence.
What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
The best security for people's doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do.