That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.

I am my nearest neighbour.

It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.

No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.

Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.

Things forbidden have a secret charm.