Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire..

It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker..

The majority is wicked..

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions..

Hear much; speak little..

Speak of the Gods as they are..

Be slow in considering, but resolute in action..

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a frie….

Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices..

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune..

He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom..

What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone..