Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.

No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world.

Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice.

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.

Oh, doughty sons of Hungary! May all success Attend and bless Your warlike ironmongery!

Use your youth so that you may have comfort to remember it when it has forsaken you, and not sigh and grieve at the account thereof.

'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you.