Contentment is better than divinations or visions.
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.
Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels.
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.